Analysis of plain Concrete pavement in ANSYS

Abstract

The concrete pavement is modeled and anlysed using ANSYS 11.0. The finite element analysis
of concrete pavement is very essential for the proper analysis and design. The elements for
the base, sub base and subgrade should be properly given the parameters like modulus of
elasticity, poisson’s ratio, density and thermal coefficient. In the present research paper the
stress, strain and forces are mentioned in the tabular form as well as the stress, strain and
forces for the X, Y & Z component are mentioned. The results for the concrete pavement
model is mentioned in detail. The ANSYS is very good tool for the finite element analysis of
plain concret pavement.